How Sumo wrestlers eat

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In what kind of sport can a man prove himself, whose weight is 200-250 kg? Probably not in any, except Japanese wrestling sumo. Athletes weighing two centners in this single battle - a common occurrence. Probably, they have a special diet?

Not all sumoists were giants since childhood. Most of them are ordinary boys who decided to devote their lives to this exotic sport. Their incredible sizes of athletes are necessary for a specific diet and lifestyle. Professional tutors make a tiny boy a mountain of muscles and fat.

Waking up wrestler is too early - about five o'clock in the morning. The obligatory rule is no breakfast. First you need to go through a debilitating five-hour workout, after which you can sit at the table. Not surprisingly, after physical exertion for lack of appetite, none of the athletes complains. The main dish is chankonabe soup.
It consists of: minced meat, seafood, noodles, vegetable, mushrooms, all ingredients can not be listed. This high-calorie soup is eaten in such a way - first the chopsticks are harvested by the sticks, then they are washed down with broth. In addition, rice and beer are consumed in large quantities.

By the way, beer among the sumoists is on top, some athletes drink a lot of beer a day. And about the legendary master Konisiki went even legends that he can drink 120 bottles of beer and 10 glasses of whiskey at a time.

They say that Konisiki himself denied this lie, saying that he does not drink whiskey,
and that beer can drink much more.
Among the wrestlers there is an interesting tradition - before the competition to abandon the meat of animals, preferring the chicken. After all, a Sumo player, like a bird, must stand firmly on two legs, not four.

After a plentiful meal, the athlete goes to sleep. In the evening - one more workout and a plentiful dinner with the same chankonabe soup. Daily, the wrestler consumes up to 8,000 calories. This series of training, abundant food and sleep lasts for many years until the athlete decides to stop his professional career. By the way,
The incomes of sumo players can be envied even by many high-class players.

It is not surprising that at the time of leaving the sport, most sumoists have a rich "bouquet" of diseases - diabetes, hypertension, liver and joint problems. Therefore, the only way to improve your health is to change your diet and go on a low-calorie diet. For several years, athletes lose weight in weight of 50 kilograms or more,
many of them can no longer be mistaken for former sumoists, they become lean and do not stand out from the crowd.

And some of the former sumo players even earn the secrets of feeding the wrestlers. So in 1937 the former wrestler Ryogoku opened a restaurant in Tokyo, where the soup chaikonabe became the crown dish.
A few years later the soup became popular in the country not only among sumo wrestlers.

Despite the solid weight, Sumo wrestlers can not be called hulking. After all, in a duel you need not only mass, but also flexibility. Therefore, athletes easily make "twine" and "bridge"